Onset Of Non-Specific Abdominal Pain After Meals

What Causes General Abdominal Pain Only After Meals?

General abdominal pain only after meals can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'troubling' to 'critical'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

Do you regularly experience general abdominal pain that begins roughly 20 minutes to 3 hours after eating a meal?

Possible responses:

→ No / I have it even when I don't eat / don't know
→ No, only rarely / a few times a year or less
→ Yes, it started less than 1 week ago
→ Yes, it started about 1 to 4 weeks ago
→ Yes, I've had it for 1 month or more

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate infrequent meal-induced pain, meal-induced pain for under a week, meal-induced pain for 1-4 weeks or meal-induced pain for over a month, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Inflammation or other dysfunction of the gallbladder (cholecystitis) or biliary tract (angiocholitis) often causes pain in the abdomen, generally towards the right-hand side. The pain is more likely to occur after large and/or fatty/oily/fried meals.